Meanings
bookful1
comparative more bookful · superlative most bookful
- obsoleteFull of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
The Bookful Blockhead, ignorantly read, / With Loads of Learned Lumber in his Head.
1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, section XXXV
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Origin
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bookful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookful
“bookful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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